Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Run

Sylas felt like his body was on its last legs, but even so, these Level 17s were as fragile as paper before him. It almost felt like a joke that they were targeting him at all. Even while in pain, with <Madness Control> activated, it was like everything was under his control.

These three tried to sneak up on him despite the fact his visualization was still very much active, and the fact that he could still split his mind over ten ways. What they thought was sneaking up on him was just them becoming moths to a flame.

Sylas took another step and the two remaining Level 17s had their eyes widen in horror. They had already realized that Sylas had to be strong, exceptionally so to last this long on his own. But they also had no way of knowing if he had other support in the region, or if there was a hidden trump card that he was using, so they had yet to confirm that it was his raw strength alone that caused this.

In addition, they couldn't see through his stats even if he hadn't fused with the Basilisk King, let alone now that he had. With Madness activated on top of that, if they tried to sense his stats, not only would they fail, but they would even suffer a backlash.

In the end, they had decided to take a cautious approach, but that had ended with them suffering terribly in the end... no, suffering wasn't enough to describe this.

It was outright death.

"Run!"

Sylas turned a deaf ear to their roars, a fiery rage being stoked in his body.

Strength.

He had never wanted it so badly.

He had never wanted anything so badly in his life.

He cast <Astral Bind> on one of them. Although it was almost immediately broken, because the gap in Will was so large, the target was still stunned for a moment.

At the same time, the second Level 17 who was turning to run found a ballista bolt suddenly appear in its path, whistling toward him with over 600 Attack.

Tail Whip.

Sylas' tail lashed out toward the stunned Level 17 and her head exploded. The Gene Talent was only a weak F- one, but when it was matched with 662 Strength, it felt like a sledgehammer had just fallen from a skyscraper right onto her head.

Blood splattered as a CLANG! echoed in the distance. The last Level 17 just barely managed to block, but his wrists trembled and his forward momentum was entirely stopped. Just as he was feeling the horror, a second ballista bolt ripped through his back.

He shook then froze. Looking down at the large bolt coming through his chest, he found a hard time believing that it was actually running through his body. It felt more like he was looking at his own life through a movie screen. This couldn't possibly be real...

But then his gaze dimmed and he fell over.

At that moment, the government officials on the other side found their eyes widening.

Those three had been on their own mission, and none of the other government officials knew how strong they were. In their eyes, they were just one of them. However, even so, that didn't change how shocked they were.